slate.html - See: CLEAN SLATE.

slate.html - Going to be; planned or intended for. * /People think the governor is slated to be president./ * /That subject is slated for debate at the next meeting./

slate.html - n., v., & adj.
--n.

1 a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into flat smooth plates.
2 a piece of such a plate used as roofing-material.
3 a piece of such a plate used for writing on, usu. framed in wood.
4 the colour of slate.
5 US a list of nominees for office etc.

--v.

tr.
1 cover with slates esp. as roofing.
2 Brit. colloq. criticize severely; scold.
3 US make arrangements for (an event etc.).
4 US propose or nominate for office etc.

--adj.

made of slate.

on the slate Brit. recorded as a debt to be paid. slate-blue (or -black) a shade of blue (or black) occurring in slate. slate-colour a dark bluish or greenish grey. slate-coloured of this colour. slate-grey a shade of grey occurring in slate. slate-pencil a small rod of soft slate used for writing on slate. wipe the slate clean forgive or cancel the record of past offences.

slating n. slaty adj. [ME s(c)late f. OF esclate, fem. form of esclat SLAT]

slate.html - n.
1 a person who slates roofs etc.
2 a woodlouse or similar crustacean.

slate.html - See: CLEAN SLATE.

slate.html - Going to be; planned or intended for. * /People think the governor is slated to be president./ * /That subject is slated for debate at the next meeting./